Baseball in Japan will return on June 19, reports Kaz Nagatsuka of the Japan Times. The Nippon Professional Baseball league (NPB) made the announcement on Monday, after the original March opening date of their 2020 season was pushed back three months by the coronavirus pandemic.
Nagatsuka goes on to report that the normal 143-game NPB season will be shortened to around 120 games, with no fans in attendance at first but the possibility they could be allowed as the summer goes on. Other potential changes being discussed include an altered postseason format and a cap on the number of innings a game can go, while the annual All-Star Series has already been canceled.